#He hurled himself to DEATH trying to save her from Ajax ;;
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BkII:402-437 Cassandra is Taken, Virgil's Aeneid
"Every man in her life failed Cassandra of Troy" Never ever speak ill of Coroebus of Phrygia
#He hurled himself to DEATH trying to save her from Ajax ;;#and its depressing because he could have not done that and plausibly lived to see another day with Aeneas. it was futile#He wasnt even a Trojan and only joined the war as a suitor out of his love for cassandra#i interpret the mad adjective as a form of eagerness. just as he was mad to die for her too#do we know why he loved cassandra? no we don't have details. but to die for her his love must've been great#cassandra was promised to another man (Othryoneus) in the Iliad and Coroebus still chose to stay until the end. THATS commitment#and in a way? this parallels to apollo quoteunquote avenging cassandra by clytemnestra's death except. this is more human and real#he is no god there is no happy ending but his last act on earth was defending the false prophetess#and thats!!! crazy to me!!#the humanity of it all#cassandra of troy#coroebus of phrygia#the aeneid
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